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PRIMEVAL FLOOD CATASTROPHE OOM:NCS P (Oxford Oriental Monographs) Reprint Edition

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Previous research on Mesopotamian Flood traditions tended to focus on a few textual sources. How the traditions originated and developed as a whole has not been seriously investigated. By systematically examining a large body of relevant cuneiform sources of diverse genres from the Early Dynastic III period (ca. 2600-2350 B.C.) to the end of the first millennium B.C., this book observes that it is during the Old Babylonian period (ca. 2000-1600) and classical attestations of the Flood traditions are found. On linguistic, conceptual and literary-historical grounds, the book argues that the Flood traditions emerged relatively late in Sumerian traditions. It traces different evolutionary stages of the Flood traditions, from the emergence of the Flood motif within the socio-political and cultural contexts of the early Isin dynasty (ca. 2017-1896 B.C.), to the diverse mythological representations of the motif in literary traditions, to the historicisation of the motif in chronography, and finally to the interactions between various strands of the Flood traditions and other Mesopotamian literary traditions, such as Sumerian and Babylonian compositions about Gilgames.

By uncovering the processes through which the Flood traditions were constructed, the book offers a valuable case study on the complex and dynamic relationship between myth-making, the development of literature, the rise of historical consciousness and historiography, and socio-political circumstances in the ancient world. The origins and development of the Flood traditions examined in the book, furthermore, represent one of the best documented examples illustrating the continuities and changes in Mesopotamian intellectual, linguistic, literary, socio-political and religious history over the course of two and a half millennia.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0198843410
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0198843412
  3. Edition
    Reprint
  4. Publisher
    Oxford University Press
  5. Publication date
    June 27, 2019
  6. Part of series
    Oxford Oriental Monographs
  7. Language
    English
  8. Dimensions
    9.21 x 6.14 x 0.71 inches
  9. Print length
    358 pages
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"The strength of the book is the breadth, depth, and comprehensiveness of material gathered, compared, and made accessible. It is the perfect starting point for any biblical scholar seeking to go deeper into the Flood Story's Mesopotamian antecedents." -- Elizabeth Ann Harper, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

"Chen's book is one of the most original and challenging contributions to the study of the Flood story . . . Chen's study is a model of careful, judicious argument and presentation of evidence in support of a thesis, based on wide reading, clearly articulated assumptions, and deep reflections. . . Everyone interested in the interconnections of Sumerian and Old Babylonian Akkadian literature should give this remarkable and meticulously presented inquiry closest attention. Furthermore, any serious study of the Mesopotamian Flood story hereafter will have to give the evidence it presents, as well as its conclusions, careful consideration." --Benjamin Foster, Archiv für Orientforschung

"Chen has produced a marvelous study of Mesopotamian flood traditions that has obvious implications for Assyriology―not only for further studies on Mesopotamian flood literature, traditions, and terminology but also for the study of thedevelopment of literary traditions in Mesopotamian texts." --Society of Biblical Literature

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Y. S. Chen, Research Fellow in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Wolfson College, University of Oxford

Y. S. Chen, Research Fellow in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Wolfson College, University of Oxford

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; Reprint edition (June 27, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 358 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0198843410
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0198843412
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.06 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.71 inches
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